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Parish
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Andrew Rumsey
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The Anglican parish is uniquely embedded in English culture and
society, by virtue both of its antiquity and close allegiance with
secular governance. Yet it remains an elusive and surprisingly
overlooked theme, whose `place', theologically, is far from
certain. Whilst ecclesiastical history has long formed a pillar of
academic training for ordained ministry, ecclesiastical geography
has not contributing to the often uninformed assumptions about
locality in contemporary church debate and mission strategy. At a
time when its relevance and sustainability are being weighed in the
balance and with plans progressing for the Church in Wales'
abandonment of parochial organisation, there is an urgent need for
a clear analysis of the parish's historical, geographical and
sociological - as well as theological significance. "Parish"
examines the distinctive form of social and communal life created
by the Anglican parish: applying and advancing, the emerging
discipline of place theology by filling a conspicuous gap in
contemporary scholarship. Andrew Rumsey will help in forming a
vision for the future of the English parish system, contribute
towards the Church's strategy for parochial ministry and also
inform the broader national conversation about `localism' and
cultural identity.
Creating Missional Worship explores how contemporary context and
Anglican liturgical tradition can be fused together to create
engaging and transformative worship. It addresses a key issue that
has arisen in the wake of Fresh Expressions: to what extent should
worship be shaped by the culture of the day, and how far can it
stray from core patterns of worship and still be recognisably
Anglican? Tim Lomax offers imaginative ideas and resources for
finding freedom within a framework. Using the basic patterns of
Common Worship, he outlines a contextual approach to creating
worship that is incarnational, sacramental, Trinitarian and
revelatory in today's language and cultural forms. He offers many
examples and illustrations of how liturgy and contemporary culture
can meet in fresh and challenging ways.
Faithful and effective church leadership requires preparation in
prayer, theological reflection and a wide range of pastoral,
prophetic and practical skills in order to ensure that what the
Church discerns as necessary the Church does. Faithful
Improvisation? is both a contribution to a current and sometimes
vigorous debate on how the Church trains its leaders and also a
practical and theological resource for discerning what the Spirit
is saying and then acting upon it in local church contexts. Part
One includes the full text of the Senior Church Leadership report
from the Faith and Order Commission. Part Two offers reflections by
Cally Hammond, Thomas Seville, Charlotte Methuen, Jeremy Morris and
David Hilborn, on practices, models and theologies of leadership in
different periods of church history which informed the FAOC report.
Part Three opens up a broader discussion about present and future
leadership within the Church of England. Mike Higton sketches out a
dialogue between Senior Church Leadership and Lord Green's report,
Talent Management for Future Leaders; Tim Harle offers a personal
reflection from the perspective of the community of leadership
practitioners; and Rachel Treweek concludes with an exploration of
the essentially relational character of leadership.
It was to George Bell, an English bishop, that Dietrich Bonhoeffer
sent his last words before he was executed at the Flossenburg
concentration camp in April 1945. Why he did so becomes clear from
Andrew Chandler's new biography of George Kennedy Allen Bell
(1883-1958). As he traces the arc of Bell's life, Chandler shows
how his story reshapes our perspective on Bonhoeffer's life and
times. In addition to serving as Bishop of Chichester, Bell was an
internationalist and ecumenical leader, one of the great Christian
humanists of the twentieth century, a tenacious critic of the
obliteration bombing of enemy cities during World War II, and a key
ally of those who struggled for years to resist Hitler in Germany
itself. This inspiring biography raises important questions that
still haunt the moral imagination today: When should the word of
protest be spoken? When should nations go to war, and how should
they fight? What are our obligations to the victims of dictators
and international conflict?
Paul Avis charts a pathway of theological integrity through the
serious challenges facing the Anglican Communion in the first
quarter of the 21st century. He asks whether there is a special
calling for Anglicanism as an expression of the Christian Church
and expounds the Anglican theological tradition to shed light on
current controversies. He argues in conclusion that Anglicanism is
called, like all the churches, to reflect the nature of the Church
that we confess in the Creed to be one, holy, catholic and
apostolic. The book provides a clear view of the way that the
Anglican tradition holds together aspects of the church that in
other traditions are sometimes allowed to drift apart, as the
Anglican understanding of the Church reveals itself to be catholic
and reformed, episcopal and synodical, universal and local,
biblical and reasonable, traditional and open to fresh insight.
Avis combines accessible scholarly analysis with constructive
arguments that will bring fresh hope and vision to Anglicans around
the world.
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